JREF Swift Blog

Here is a rundown of the week in psychic scams, several sad cases of believing in nonsense and some truly odd tidbits from the past week courtesy of Doubtful News.

Psychics were caught this week for fraud in Washingtonand Californiausing well-worn schemes to get people to give them money to remove bad spirits and curses.

The case of the faith-healing parents that lost a second child is back in the news as the death of their infant son is ruled a homicide. The congregation they belong to has a history of childhood deaths due to lack of normal medical treatment.

A shady midwife in Nigeria prescribes herbs to women whom she convinces are actually pregnant. The babies come from the baby factory. It's more like human trafficking and abuse.

There were some really odd news stories this week from some people that seem to be a bit too paranoid and credulous. First, a man gets arrested for calling 911 too much to report mind control satellites.